|born=1964 or earlier<ref name="ofage">Hecouldnothavebeenbornanylaterthan1964,asmembersoftheOrderof the Phoenix were required to be "of age," seventeen or older, and he foughtasapart of the group in the First Wizarding War, which endedin1981.</ref>

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|born=[[1957]]<ref name="age">Asthe''[[DailyProphet]]''statedon[[1September]],[[1995]]thatPodmorewasthirty-eightyearsoldat the time, he musthavebeenbornthisyear.</ref>

Under the control of the Death Eaters, Sturgis attempted to break into the Department of Mysteries during one of his guard shifts. However, he was discovered and arrested by Eric Munch, a Ministry official, during the attempt and was sentenced to six months in the Wizard Prison, Azkaban.